Prospective Study Evaluating the Clinical Tolerance of Skin Tattoos During MRI Examinations (TATOU - IRM)

Elsan

Status

Enrolling

Conditions

MRI

Tattoo Disorder

Treatments

Procedure: MRI

Other: Likert scale questionnaire

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05691634

2021-A02758-33

Details and patient eligibility

About

MRI examinations are potential sources of complications related to the displacement of ferromagnetic objects, but also to heating effects that can go as far as burns. This overheating can be caused by contact with external equipment (sensors, cables, etc.). Patients with skin tattoos may experience specific complications as tingling or "burning" felt at the site of the tattoo. They can be followed by a transient erythema with edema around the reversible tattoo in 12 and 72 hours. One observation of severe 2nd degree burns has been reported. They would be linked to the presence of metallic salts in the dermis, resulting from interactions between the pigments and the magnetic field but their mechanisms are poorly identified and divergent.

The aim of this study is to assess the rate of MRI causing complications in patients with tattoos.

Enrollment

3,000 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Major patient
tattoo patient
Ability to answer the questionnaire
Affiliated patient or beneficiary of a social security scheme
Patient having been informed and not objecting to the research

Exclusion criteria

Minor
Patient unable to understand and respond to questionnaires due to language difficulties or cognitive impairment
Patient objecting to research
Pregnant or breastfeeding woman
Protected patient: adult under guardianship, curatorship or other legal protection, deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision